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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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